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Health sector reform (do mesmo documento)

The Government has initiated a comprehensive reform package to improve efficiency and to reduce significantly the costs of the health care sector. The government will implement the measures announced in mid-December 2010, including:
increases in co-payments, prioritisation or exclusion of services, reinforcing primary care provision and a move to per capita payment, specialising and concentrating hospital care, centralised procurement for medicines and diagnostic tests for National Health Service (NHS) patients, salary reductions and the streamlining of NHS administrative structures. Reducing overall expenditure on pharmaceuticals has become a priority through reductions in prices and reimbursement of medicines, faster availability of generics, prescriptions by active element, prescription guidelines and forthcoming e-prescription. Authorities expect the package to yield savings worth € 700 million in 2011, of which 100 million is part of the 2011 additional consolidation package. The government is committed to attain further cost savings of € 200 million in 2012 by cutting operational costs by 10 percent.